Mark Zuckerberg and lawyers for the other side fought in a Los Angeles courtroom on the Wednesday. The Meta CEO fielded questions about how young people use Instagram, his testimony to Congress, and advice he has had from inside the company about being “authentic” and not “robotic.”
Zuckerberg’s evidence is part of a one-of-a-kind social media trial that looks into whether Meta’s platforms are purposely addicting and hurting kids. When the plaintiff’s lawyer asked him questions, Zuckerberg replied that he still agrees with what he said before: that there is not enough scientific evidence to indicate that social media impairs mental health.
Mark Lanier, the plaintiff’s lawyer, asked Zuckerberg if people are more likely to use something if it is addictive. Lawyers for the complainant, a 20-year-old woman with the initials KGM, say that using social media at a young age made her addicted to it and made her despair and suicidal thoughts worse. TikTok and Snap have settled, leaving Meta Platforms and Google’s YouTube as the only two defendants.
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